Doll&#39;s eyes with lashes



192 March 15, 7 A KONOFF DOLLS EYE WITH LASHES .4 Filed March 20., 1925 ATTORNEY INVENTOR till Patented Mar. 15, 1927.

PATENT OFFICE.

ALEXANDER xoNorr, on N YORK, N. Y., Ass'reNon. T0 OVERLAND METAL ovnnrr co. 1nd, or ew roam N. Y.,' a conronnrron or NEW YORK.

DOLIiS EYES WITH LASHES.

Application filed March 20,1925. Serial No. 17,102.

This invention relates to an improvement in dolls eyes, a'nd particularly'in dolls eyes having lashes connected therewith.

An object of the resent invention is to provide an improve means for supporting and retaining the lashes in proper position upon the eye ball.

A further and more detailed object is to provide the shell comprising the eyeball with a slit through which the lashes project, portions of the lashes being positioned within the eye shell and other portions projecting exteriorly of the shell, and to provide a simple form of clamp device for engaging the portion which is within the shell to hold the lashes against displacement.

A. further object is to provide an eye structure which includes adjustable clamp elements for retaining the eye structure in position upon the usual carrying rod and to adapt this clamp device for serving at the same time to clamp the eye lashes in place.

A further object is to provide means for temporarily retaining the eye lashes in position pending the application of the clamp device.

Other objects and aims of the invention, more or less specific than those referred to above, will be vin part obvious and in part pointed out in the course of the following description of the, elements, comblnations, arrangements of parts and applications of principles, constituting the invention, and the scope of protectipn contemplated will be indicated in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings which are to be taken as a part of this specification, and in which it have shown merely a preferred form of embodiment of the inven- .tion:-

Fig. l is a front elevationalview of a portion of an eye set constructed in accordance with this invention.

' Fig. 2 is a rear view of an eye ball or shell appearing in Fig. l.

Fig. 3 1s a transverse sectional view takensubstantially upon the plane of line l[l[l-lll of Fig. 2, and n Fig. 4 is a detail view of one of the eye lash members employed.

Referring to. the drawings for describing in detail the structure therein shown the reference character L indicates the usual bracket member by means of which the e c act is intendedto be connected with t e ilmllnr surface of the forehead portion of the The reference character. G indicates a cross rod which is rotatably supported in the bracket plate and which carries at its opposite ends two eye balls or shells as The rod G has a pendant weight carrying arm 1 by which the eye balls are gravity controlled in the usual manner.' I "The eye balls are identical and a description of one will apply to both as follows:

A hemispherical main shell 2 has a notEh 3 at one side thereof through-winch projects the cross rod G. Within the shell 2 is arranged a pair of clamp members 4 and 5. The clampmember 4 has a hemispherical surface portion 6 arranged to press toward the inner surface of the shell 2 and it provides a seat 7 within which engages the cross rod G. The clamp member 5 bridges across the rear of the shell, its opposite ends as 8 and 9 engaging against shoulder portions 10 and ll and its central portion carrying a screw 12 arranged to-engage against the cross rod and to thereby exert pressure for forcing the clamp member 4 toward the inner surface'of the shell 2 and for forcing the clamp member 5 in the opposite direction against the shoulders 10 and 11.

The shell 2 is provided with an arcuate slit 13 at a proper locality therethrough, that is in a position just above the pictorial representation as 14: of an eye iris which is provided upon the outer surface of the shell.

' The eye lash members, as most clearly seen in Fig. 4 consists of a body'part 15 from which projectsa" row of lashes or hairs as 16., the hairs being connected with the body in any appropriate manner. When in position upon the eye shell the body portion 15 is arranged interiorly of the shell just above the slit 13 and the hairs 16 project through the slit in a downwardly inclining direction as indicated.

Within the shell, and interposed between the inner surface of the shell and the outwardly facing surface 6 of the clamp member 4 is a thin semispherical retaining member 17. I

. The retaining member 17 is useful first as a temporary retainer for the eye lash mem ber. Its closeness of fit within the interior of the shell is suficient to hold it fairly close against the body portion 15 so that it llllt serves in temporarily retaining the eye lash member against displacement during the time while the clamp members 4 and 5 are being inserted and adjusted. And second it provides a desirable smooth semispherically concave surface for engagement by the clamp member 4 across which said clamp member 4 may be moved without interruption and without disturbing the position of the eye lash member, during such adjustment of the clamp members and of the eye shell as is required for properly placing the eye balls in co-operative relation within the eye sockets of a dolls head.

It will be understood that the parts of the eye set as described the eye lash member is first placed in position with? in the slit 13. Because of the arcuate form of the slit, and the spherical contour of the shell, the body 15 of the eye lash member will naturally incline upwardly from, the

. slit.- The retaining member 17 is then inserted into the shell and pressed toward the inner surface of the shell thereby holding the eye lash member against dislod ent. The clamp members'4 and 5 are then inserted and the cross rod G is moved into position into seat 7 .between the two clamp members and the screws 12, serves to hold all of the parts in proper assembly and to permit of easy adjustment and subsequent permanent retention of the parts.

clamp members 4 and 5, all of which parts operate as retaining means for the eye lash member, first temporarily in position and then relatively permanently in position. The temporary holding occurs before the eye structure is attached to the supporting rodv and the screw 12 tightened, while the relatively permanent holding is effected by the tightening of screw 12 which brings all of the parts into a set adjustment fastening the eye shell to the supporting member and imparting a consequential clamping ressure against theretaining member causmg the retaining member to in turn press or clamp the eye lash member between itself and the opposing inner surface portion of the'eye shellr During the time while the in assembling the means here described it will be apparent that the eye lash member is held by the retaining member 17, and by the eeaeev ment of the eye lash member isv thought desirable its retaining member may be loosened, by a suitable backward adjustment of the screw, the adjustment of the eye lash member completed; and the retaining member again tightened by return of the screw.

While there is disclosed herein a particular form of retaining means to prevent dislocation of the eye lash member it is to be understood thatiother means may be employed for-this purpose if desired. The retaining element 17 referred. to may take any desired form or maybe held in retaining position by any desired means.

As many changes could be made in this construction without departing from the scope of' the invention as defined in the following claims, it is intended that all matter'contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying :drawings, shall be interpreted as illustrative only and not in a limiting sense. 7

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is l 1. In an eye structure, the combination with an eye shell having an opening therethrough, of an eye lash member rojecting through said'opening being part y within and partly without the eye shell, a semispherically concave retaining member arranged within the shell to retain the eye lash member in position, and means by which to connect the shell with 'a suitable support comprising a part having frictional adjustable engagement with the concaved surface of said retaining member to hold said retain- J ing member in retaining position.

2. An eyestructure comprising an eye shell, an eye lash member therefor, and gripping'means including parts mechanically adustable to cause the eye lash member to be gripped and held in position. i I

.3. An eye structure comprising an eye shell, an eye lash member therefor, a clamp member to hold the eye lash memberin position, and means whereby said clamp mem ber is readily releasable.v

4. An eye structure comprising an eye shell, an eye lash member therefor, and clamp means to clamp the eye lash member against a part of the eye shell to thereby hold the eye lash member in position, said clamp means engaging the eye lash member and including a plurality of parts adjustable with respect to each other.

5. An eye structure comprising an eye shell, an eye lash member therefor, and a releasable clamp member engaging the eye lash member andarranged to press the eye lash member against a surface part of the eye shell to thereby hold the eye lash member releasably in position.

6. An eye structure comprising an eye shell, an eye lash member therefor, gripping means including parts engaging the eyelash member adjustable to cause the eye lash member to-be gripped and held in position, which to and said parts including a screw by eflect adjustment thereof. j p

7. An eye structure comprising an e'ye shell, an eye lash member therefor, clamp with the eye parts adjustable with respect to each otherone of which engages the eye lash member to clamp the eye lash member against-a part of the eye shell to thereby hold the eye lash member in position, and a screw by which to efi'ect adjustment of said parts.

8. An eye structure comprising an eye' shell, an eye lash member therefor, a ,supporting member for the eye shell, apart inte used between said supporting memberadd the eye lash member, and means by which the supporting member is clampingly engaged with said part and by which said part is conseiluently clampingly engaged ash member, all whereby to hold the eye shell connected with the supporting member and to hold the eye lash member connected with the eye shell.

9. An eye structure comprlsing an eye shell, an eye lash member therefor, a supporting member for the eye shell, clamp parts adjustable with respect to each other one of which engages the eye lash member to clampingly retain the eye lash member'in position, and one of said clamp parts engaging the supporting member to hold the eye shell connected with the supporting member.

10. An eye structure comprisingan eye shell, an eye lash member therefor, a supporting member "for the eye shell, connecting means by which to connect the eye shell with the supporting member, and said connecting means comprising parts adjustable to thereby edect retention of the eye lash member.

11. An eye structure comprising an eye shell, an eye lash member therefor, a sup porting member for the eye shell, 'connecting means by which to connect the eye shell with the supporting member, and saidconnecting means comprising arts adjustable to thereby at once effect c amping engagement with the supporting'memher and retention of the eye, lash member.

12. An eye structure comprising an eye shell having an opening therethrough, an

eye lash member projecting through said opening being partly within and partly with I out the eye shell, and clamp parts adjustable with respect to each otherand engaging the eye lash member to cause the portion of the eye lash member within the shell to be clamped against the inner surface of the shell to' thereby hold the, eye lash member in position. p

14, In'an eye structure, the combination with a semispherical eye shell having an opening therethrough, of an eye lash member projecting through said opening being partly within .and partly without the eye shell, a semispherical eye lash retaining member withinthe eye shell arranged to engage the portionof the eye lash member within said shell, a supporting member for the eye shell, a clamp device by which to clampingly connect the eyeshell with the supporting member, and said clamp device having parts also engaging the eye lash retaining member to clamp the eye lash retaining member in retaining position.

15. In an eye structure, the combination with an eye shell having an opening therethrough, of an eye lash member projecting through said opening being partly within and partly Without the eye shell, an eye lash retaining member engaging the portion of the eye lash member within the shell, attaching means to hold the eye shell on a suitable support, said attaching means being movable with respect to said retaining member, and means whereby said attaching means will also holdthe retaining member in retaining position. Y

16. An eye structure comprising an eye shell, an eye-lash member therefor, retaining means arranged .to engage the eye lash member to hold the eye lash member temporarily movably in position, and means to cause the retaining means to immovably hold the eye lash member when desired.

17. An eye structure comprising an eye shell having a slit therein, an eye lash member projecting into the slit, retaining means arranged to engage the eye lash member to temporarily hold the eye lash member movably in position within the slit, and means to cause the retaining means to hold the eye lash member immovably when desired.

18. An eye structure comprising an eye shell having an opening therethrough, an

eye lash member projecting through said opening being partly within and partly without the eye shell, retaining means ar ranged to engage the portionof the eye lash member which is within the eye shell to thereby temporarily hold the eye lash member movably in position projecting through said opening, adjustable means by which to cause the retaining means to hold the eye lash member immovable, and said adjustable means being adapted also to fasten the eye structure upon a suitable supporting member.

-19.An eye structure comprising an eye shell having an opening therethrough, an eye lash member projecting through said opening'being partlywithin and partly without the eye shell, retaining means arranged to engage the portion of the eye lash member which is Within the eye shell to thereby 1'0 temporarily hold the eye lash member movably in position, said retaining means comprising a plurality of separate parts movable relative to each other and being arranged to receive an eye supporting mem ber between them, and means to move said separate parts to thereby at once hold the eye lash member immovable and fasten the eye structure to said supporting member.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

ALEXANDER KONOFF. 

